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Having always dreamed of farming, Lois (who began saving her 10 cent allowance when she was 10 to buy a horse ranch) started the hobby market garden with her youngest son Josh when he was doing junior high in home school. She has a passion for growing things and providing for the needs of others. She also enjoys making beautiful flower arrangments which led to the side business of Forget Me Not Farms Floral Design which serves in the high demand wedding florist arena. She has been involved in youth work at church for many years, and loves opening the Farm up for education to the youth, as well as fun community events like the annual Farm Dance. Her favorite part of farming ranges from seeding and planting crops, arranging flowers, landscaping the beautiful gardens in the wedding site, to harvesting all of the wonderful produce on the Farm.
Darrell and Lois moved to the Island from sunny California in 1996 with their three sons, (leaving a daughter and family in California). When they saw this piece of land with small red barn and vegetable garden they fell in love. Darrell is a pastor who also owns a construction company called A&D Home Services, specilizing in decks, tile work, and remodeling. Some of Darrell's favotite things to do on the Farm include harvesting and interacting with the community for special events like the annual Farm Tour, creating gourmet meals fore his family from food grown on the Farm, and building landscape structures like our beautiful arbors.
